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Rank Name Meaning
English: nickname for a powerfully built man or someone of violent emotions, from the Middle English adjective rank (Old English ranc ‘proud’, ‘rebellious’).English: from a medieval personal name, a back-formation from the diminutive Rankin.South German: variant of Rang 2.German: nickname either for an agile person, from Middle High German ranc ‘quick turn’, or in some instances for someone who was tall and thin, from Low German rank. In some cases the surname may have been from a personal name formed with this element.Czech: from a pet form of a personal name, which could be either Slavic Ranožir or Germanic Randolf (see Randolph).Swedish and Danish: nickname from rank ‘erect’, ‘upright’, ‘straight’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Rank Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Rank families
 71 - 140  24 - 70 |
 1 - 23  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Rank families
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30 - 58 11 - 29 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Rank families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Rank Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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